Um pequeno levantamento sobre as diversas bitolas de trens pelo mundo.
O ideal é que todas as ferrovias de um países tenham a mesma bitola pois isso
permite que um trem transite pelo país todo.
Mas, no caso dos Metrôs, a bitola faz parte da
Tecnologia. Veja as principais diferenças entre Trem e Metrô em
.
Há casos como o do metrô de São Paulo que tem mais de 3 bitolas diferentes.
Isto significa que um trem que vai para a zona norte jamais irá para Pinheiros
pois na zona norte a linha do metrô tem bitola de 1.600 milímetros, enquanto que
para Pinheiros a bitola é de 1.435 milímetros.
A cidade de Nova York, por exemplo, tem uma bela rede de
metrôs, que eles chamam de Underground, composta por 34 linhas que atendem a 469
estações num sistema interligado em que uma linha virtual percorre várias linhas
físicas, passado de uma linha para outra. Tudo isso é possível pois toda a rede
possui uma única bitola de 1,435 metros.
| Gauge
|
Countries
|
Metric,
mm |
English
|
| Industrial gauge
|
| 305 |
1' |
UK (Ruislip Lido Railway [1,5]), USA (Sonora Short Line, CA),
Russia (Krasnoyarsk Child
Rly) |
| 311 |
1' 1/4" |
UK (Fairbourne & Barmouth) |
| 381 |
1' 3" |
Austria (Wien [4]), France (Rh�e [3]), Germany (liliputbahnen in
Stuttgart-Killesberg [2], Leipzig-Auensee [2], Dresden [6]), Japan, UK
(Ravenglass & Eskdale Light Rly [11], Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Light Rly
[22], Bure Valley Rly, Duffield Bank,
Perrygrove Railway), USA (amusement parks) |
| 385 |
1' 3 5/32" |
Hungary (Vid?mpark in
Budapest) |
| 400 |
1' 3 3/4" |
Decauville
France
(first Decauville rly), Hungary (Holl?h?za porcelain works), Switzerland
(brickworks) |
| 406 |
1' 4" |
UK (Great Laxey Mines), USA (amusement park rlys) |
| 450 |
1' 5 2/3" |
Decauville
China (coal mines at Tangshan),
Spain (industr. lines);
apparently, many other countries |
| 457 |
1' 6" |
UK (Woolwich Arsenal;
Chatham Dockyard; Crewe Locomotive Works; Horwich Locomotive Works) |
| 480 |
1' 7" |
Spain (Mina Arrayanes)
|
| 483 |
1' 7" |
UK (industr. lines),
USA (Swanton Pacific) [2] |
| 500 |
1' 7 5/8" |
Decauville
Argentina (Tren del Fin del Mundo),
Colombia (Santiago
Quinta tramway), France (Tarn) [3], Germany (Parkeisenbahn
Vatterode, etc), Hungary (T?r?kszentmikl?s and Pak brick factories),
Indonesia (Pagonan)
[14], Mexico (Yucatan
horse tramway [?/4000]), Russia
(field railways), Spain
(industr. lines), Switzerland (KWO-Stollenbahn
[5]); apparently many other countries |
| 508 |
1' 8" |
garden rlys,
Australia (Gwalia logging
rly in W.Aust. [110]), Indonesia (Aneka Tambang), Philippines (Benguet
Mine), UK (Brora Colliery Tramway), USA
(copper mining rlys in Arizona) |
| 520 |
1' 8 1/2" |
Russia,
Spain (industr. lines)
|
| 533 |
1' 9" |
garden rlys |
| 540 |
1' 9 1/4" |
Sweden (horse
tramways) |
| 540 |
1' 9 1/4" |
USA (Hunt System) |
| 550 |
1' 9 2/3" |
Russia (Bryansk
Plant), Spain |
| 558/559 |
1' 10" |
Ireland (Guinness
brewery), Dominican Rep., Mexico
(El Progresso Mining Co.) |
| 560 |
1' 10" |
Sweden (Sandvik) |
| 565 |
1' 10 1/4" |
Czech Rep. (Usti n. Labem: elec., indust.) |
| 571 |
1' 10 1/2" |
Russia (garden
railways) |
| 575 |
1' 10 5/8" |
Russia (mines) |
| 576 |
1' 10 5/8" |
Japan (Gumma horse
rly, XIX c.) |
| 578 |
1' 10 3/4" |
UK (ind. lines, e.g.,
Dinorwic) |
| 580 |
1' 10 13/16" |
Hungary
(Mogyor?sb?nya, Tokodalt?r?, Dorogi mines) |
| 584 |
1' 11" |
UK (Penrhyn, Cornwall
- ?) |
| 597 |
1' 11 1/2" |
Brazil (Paulista, Mogiana, Douradense, S� Paulo - Minas, Perus -
Pirapora, Tramway Cantareira), UK (Vale of Rheidol Rly; Welsh Highland
Rly; Festiniog; Ashover; North Wales NG,
Lynton & Barnstaple) |
| 600 |
1' 11 5/8" |
Decauville
Argentina, Angola [154/310], Austria (Rei�ck
[3]), Belarus (field
rly's), Belgium (Adele, Ploegsteert,
Maldegem (museum) [4], Rail
Rebecq Rognon, Chemin
de Fer de Sprimont), Bulgaria [152], Cameroon [145],
Colombia (Santiago La
Piramide tramway), Congo/DR [1025], Finland [2] (museum), France
(Calvados) [400/80], Germany (field
railways, Berliner Parkeisenbahn,
Mecklenburg-Pommer railway, 1892-1969 [200]),
Greece (Agrinion-Krionerion,
Sarakli-Stavros, Volos-Milies), Hungary (Almamell�,
Kemence [3/5]), Indonesia
(sugar mills) [797], Italy
(field railways), Japan
(Chib-Ken and Narita rlys, XIX c.) Latvia,
Lithuania, Paraguay
(Puerto Pinasco; Puerto Max), Peru (Cayalti [50]), Poland (Znin
1894- [78];
Bydgosc-Wyrzyskie 1895- [256]; Bialowieza; Ptusza - Tarnowka;
Wigry), Portugal (Barril, Minas de Pejao, Transpraia), Russia (coal
mines), Spain, Sweden (Helsingborg R� Raml�a, Munkedals, Stavsj�
Kosta Lessebo, J�k�ing Gripenberg, N�traby Alnaby �meboda, Anneberg
Ormaryd, Lindfors-Bosj�, Malma-Hagg�den) [197], Switzerland
(SATEB[2], SchBB Schinznacher
Baumschulbahn [3]), Ukraine,
Uzbekistan |
| 603 |
1' 11 3/4" |
UK (Festiniog &
Blaenau Rly) |
| 610 |
2' |
Antigua & Barbuda [13], Australia [4000], Brunei [13], Fiji [644],
Hong Kong [12] (Sha Tau
Kok), India [3265/2], Indonesia (Toelangan, Kremboong) [22], Japan
(Kishu Mine, Tateyama, Aso, Mamurogawa, Musashino Mura),
Kazakstan (Tselinograd
PRLY [2]), Russia
(Dobryanka, Lysva, Chermoz), South Africa [314++],
South Korea (Pusan streetcars [9.5]), UK (Volks
Electric Rly 1883-1884 [2], RAF Fauld - ?, Groudle Glen
Rly [1], Ashover [12], London post office
rly), USA (Maine, Edaville,
Sandy River, Gilpin Tramway [42], Chicago Tunnel Co.),
Venezuela (Bolivar [220])
|
| 615 |
2' 1/5" |
Congo/DR [136] |
| 620 |
2' 2/5" |
Slovenia [2] |
| 630 |
2' 2/3" |
Germany (industr.
rlys), Russia |
| 635 |
2' 1" |
Japan (Iwafune rly,
XIX c.) |
| 643 |
26"*
|
Sweden (Str�sn�bruk)
[15] |
| Gauge
|
Countries
|
Metric,
mm |
English
|
| Narrow gauge
|
| 650 |
2' 2" |
Spain |
| 660/661 |
2' 2" |
Australia (Mount
Morgan Gold Mining), Brazil
(Raposos-Nova Lima tramway), Germany
(Neunkircher Eisenwerke [32]) |
| 666 |
2' 2 7/32" |
Japan (Hongo
streetcars, Yamanashi horse rly; XIX c.) |
| 670 |
2' 2 1/3" |
Indonesia (Kadhipaten)
[7] |
| 686 |
2' 3" |
Australia (Otway
Ranges), UK (Tal-y-Llyn [11], Corris [1.2/22],
Campbeltown & Macrihanish) |
| 693 |
28"*
|
Sweden (Kroppa,
Yngs-Dagl�e, Domnarvet) [28], Cuba (Simon Bolivar) [15] |
| 700 |
2' 3 1/2" |
Decauville
Argentina, Denmark,
France (Chemin
de fer d'Abreschviller [6/82]),
Germany (stone mill in Bavaria, some industrial peat
railways in north Germany, mostly owned by Dutch firms), Indonesia
(sugar mills, salt) [1,897], Netherlands (industrial lines), Spain,
Sweden |
| 705 |
2' 3 3/4" |
|
| 710/712 |
2' 4" |
UK (Snailbeach [5]),
Russia |
| 716 |
2' 4 3/16" |
Poland (Kruszwica
sugar mills, 1881-1923) [40] |
| 720 |
2' 4.3" |
Belgium (Le Tram
Zaman) [10], Indonesia (Loenggadjah, Karangsoewung, Sindanglaut) [31]
|
| 724/725 |
2' 4 1/2" |
Russia,
UK (Glyn Valley Tramway)
|
| 730 |
29"*
|
Sweden (ind. lines)
|
| 737 |
2' 5 1/64" |
Japan (Shinagawa horse
rly; XIX c.) |
| 742 |
30"*
|
Sweden (ind. lines)
|
| 750 |
2' 5 1/2" |
Argentina (Old Patagonian Express, Rio Turbio Coal), Australia (in
Victoria), Belarus, Bolivia (Cochabamba tramway),
Chile (Santyago Yungay tramway), Germany, Greece
[22], Ecuador [180] (El
Oro, Bahia-Chome), Egypt [347], Estonia, Finland [2] (museum), Indonesia
(sugar mills) [223], Italy
(field railways) [71], Japan (lumber lines), Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway
(Urskog - H�andsban [51]), Paraguay (Puerto Casado [160]), Philippines
(Benguet Mine), Poland, Russia, Sierra-Leone, Spain [43], Sweden (Glava,
mining rlys), Switzerland (WB [14], funic's,
IRR/Internationale
Rhein-Regulierung [23]), Tajikistan,
Turkey [246], Ukraine, Uruguay (Piriapolis [43]) |
| 753 |
2' 5 5/8" |
Japan (Fuhoku
streetcars; XIX c.) |
| 760 |
2' 5.9" |
Known as "Bosnian gauge". Equals to a half of an old Austrian
measure "klafter of Vienna".
Albania [34], Antigua & Barbuda [64],
Austria [339], Bolivia [32], Bosnia, Bulgaria [245], Croatia, Czech
Rep., Haiti [40], Hungary [222], Italy
(Valgardena, Val di Fiemme) [29], Rumania [370], Serbia, Slovak Rep.
[6], St. Kitts & Nevis [58], Sweden
(ind. lines), Ukraine
(Transcarpathian lines) |
| 762 |
2' 6" |
Australia (Puffing Billy
[25], Walhalla Goldfields),
Barbados (till 1900),
Brazil [13], China, Cuba [150], Cyprus
[113], Dominican Rep.
[140], India [3265/2], Indonesia
(rubber plantation; Pongkor), Japan (Kinki Nippon [27], Seibu, Kurobe
Valley [20], Sangi Hokusei [20], Kintetsu Utsube [6], Kintetsu Hachioji
[1]), Mauritius [16],
Mozambique [148], Nepal [52], Nigeria [213], North Korea [665], Pakistan
[900], Peru (Patillos),
Sierra Leone [500], South
Korea (Pusan), Sri Lanka [141] (Kelani Valley Rly), Taiwan (Alishan
forestry rly [86], sugar cane rlys), UK (Welshpool & Llanfair,
Pentewan; Oakhill Brewery; Alford & Sutton
Tramway; Leek & Manifold; Hoo Ness Island; Chattenden & Upnor,
Bowaters Paper Mill / Sittingbourne & Kemsley rly), USA (park railways
in Portland, OR; mining rlys in MO, AZ, NV, CA; sugar plantations in
LU), Venezuela (Maracaibo) |
| 785 |
30"+
|
Denmark, Germany (Rhein-Sieg-Eisenbahn; industrial railways, such as
at the big Krupp steelworks at Rheinhausen), Poland/Germany (Silesia
[188], Silesian streetcar network -1952)
|
| 787 |
2' 7" |
Finland,
Germany (Broelthal),
Sweden (Kroppa) |
| 791 |
2' 6.9" |
Denmark (Faxe
Jernbane, -1985/1995) |
| 792 |
32"*
|
Sweden (horse
tramways, lumber yards) |
| 794 |
2' 7 1/4" |
UK (Neath Abbey) |
| 800 |
2' 7 1/2" |
Belgium (indust.
lines), Brazil (Santos, Itatinga tramways),
Georgia, Germany [2] (Museumsfeldbahn
Leipzig-Lindenau e.V.), Poland
(Marki and Wilanow access tracks), Spain
(industr. lines) Switzerland (WAB [19], PB [5], BRB [8], MG [9], MTGN
[10], BOB [7], funic's,
Riffelalp-Tram),
UK (Snowdon Mountain [8]), Ukraine
|
| 802 |
2.7'*
|
Sweden
(H�lefors-Fredriksberg, Bredsj�Degerfors, Voxna-Lobon�) [222] |
| 813 |
2' 8" |
UK (Neath Abbey,
Levenseat - ?) |
| 820 |
2' 8 1/4" |
Brazil (Rio de Janeiro
Carris Urbanos tramway) |
| 826 |
2' 8 1/2" |
UK (Volks Electric
Rly 1884- [2]; Brighton & Rottingdean)
|
| 838 |
2' 9" |
Japan (Kamaishi iron
rly; XIX c.), Sao Tome, UK (Seaton Tramway) |
| 850 |
2' 9 1/2" |
Italy (Porlezza-Menaggio [12], Ponte
Tresa Italia - Luino [12], till 1950),
Sweden (ind. lines) |
| Gauge
|
Countries
|
Metric,
mm |
English
|
| Meter gauge
|
| 864 |
2' 10" |
UK (John Brogden &
Sons, Bridgend) |
| 869 |
2' 10" 7/32" |
Germany (Itzehoe concrete factory) |
| 875/876 |
2' 10 1/2" |
Russia,
UK (Cornwall - ?) |
| 880 |
2' 11 1/64" |
Germany [20] (Bernau),
Japan (Nakaya Ryokan,
1960) |
| 884/885 |
35 3/4"*
|
Russia Demidoff's
Mining & Iron Works(), Sweden
(horse tramway) |
| 889 |
2' 11" |
UK (London Brick Co., Hunts |
| 891 |
36"*
|
Known as "Swedish Three Feet Gauge"
Russia, Norway (Spitsbergen), Sweden
(Roslagsbanan, etc.) [3024] |
| 900/901 |
2' 11 1/2" |
Australia (brown coal mine at Victoria), Austria (Linz trams), China
(mines) [18+], Georgia (Bakuriani) [37], Germany (Doberan [15], Borkum
Light Rly [7], brown coal mining railways - mainly in the old East
Germany), Iceland,
Indonesia (Tjoekir) [19], Ireland
(Cork trams), Norway
(Spitsbergen/Ny Alesund) [2]), Poland (Chorzow
-1964 [4.2]; Krakow streetcars 1901-1953; mine lines),
Portugal (Lisboa and Braga trams), Russia (coal mines), Serbia
(Kolubara), Sweden (Kiruna mines), Switzerland (funic's),
UK (Butterworth & Brooks -
?), Ukraine (Kiev funic. [0.27]), USA (Detroit streetcars) |
| 910 |
2' 11 1/2" |
Spain (Soller), Uruguay [42] |
| 914 |
3' |
Azerbaijan (Shusha),
Colombia [3236] (Medellin, Pereira), Cuba [91], El Salvador [602],
Guatemala [1019], Guyana [187], Honduras [277],
Indonesia (Freeport mine),
Ireland (Ballymena, Cushendall & Red Bay)
[158+], Isle of Man (Manx Electric Rly
[29], Isle of Man Rly) [48], Japan
(Otaru, Koiwai farm tramway, Kyushu railways), Mexico (Pachuca),
New Zealand (Dun Mountain
Rly), Norway (Spitsbergen/Longyear), Panama [160], Peru [300],
Philippines (Corregidor
tramway [11]), Singapore, Spain (Palma-Soller [32], Irun-Elizondo [56]),
UK (Douglas Horse tram /
Isle of Man; Ulster TA [68]; Londonderry & Lough Swilly [50]; Marland;
Ravenglass & Eskdale; Strabane & Letterkenny [32]; Southwold),
Ukraine (Skvira), USA
(White Pass & Yukon; Hawaii; Cumbres & Toltec; Durango & Silverton;
Denver & Rio Grande; Sumpter Valley; East Broad Top [8/50]),
Venezuela [184] (Carenero,
La Ceiba, La Guaira, Macuto) |
| 925 |
3' 0.4" |
Germany (Chemnitz
tramway) |
| 950 |
3' 1.4" |
Known as "Italian Meter Gauge". According to the law of
28.VII.1879, the only legal gauge widths in Italy were 1500, 1000, and
750 measured on the middle of the rail, or 1445, 950, and 700 mm inside
the rail.
Albania
[12], Eritrea [307], Hungary
(now 1000 mm), Italy [2557] (Sardegna, STEFER/Rome, many other rlys),
Somalia [123],
Libya [165] |
| 955 |
3' 1.6" |
Switzerland (funic's), |
| 964 |
3' 2" |
Russia (Nytva)
|
| 972 |
3' 2 1/4" |
Mauritius,
UK (Dorking Greystone Lime
Co.) |
| 978 |
3' 2 1/2" |
UK (New British Iron Co.) |
| 980 |
3' 2 9/16" |
Georgia (funicular Tbilisi) [0.5] |
| 988 |
3' 2.9" |
Switzerland (funic's), |
| 990/991 |
3' 3" |
Egypt [11],
Germany (first Siemens
tramway in Lichterfeld), Russia,
UK (Contractor) |
| 1 000 |
3' 3 3/8" |
Algeria [256], Argentina [9860] (Belgrano Cargas, Ferrovias,
SEFEChA, Mendosa, Salta, Jujuy, ONABE), Austria [16], Bangladesh [1914],
Belgium (SNCV [4900], De
Lijn [65], "metro" Charleroi [35], Han caves [3.5],
tourist tram TTA,
ASVi), Benin [578],
Bolivia [3652] (Oriental, Andina, Antofagasta-Bolivia, Arika-La Paz),
Brazil [20100/24864], Burkina Faso [620], Cambodia [612], Cameroon
[858], Chile [3642], China [600], Colombia (Ferrocarril de Girardot),
Congo/DR [125], Cote d'Ivoire [650], Denmark (Skjoldenaesholm museum,
Skagensbanen, Horsens-Trrring, Bornholm,
etc., Aarhus tramway, Kolding-Egtved 1898-1930,
Horsens-Bryrup, Haderslev Amts, Aabenraa Amts, Als Amts), Djibouti [97],
Ethiopia [474], Finland [75] (Helsinki tramway), France [21000/400],
Germany [800] (Brotalbahn),
Gibraltar, Greece [892], Guadelupa [2], Guinea [806],
Hungary (Borsodn?dasdi,
Di?sgy?r, Perecesi; Szombathely streetcars),
India [14766], Indonesia (oil fields),
Israel (Yaffo-Jerusalem,
1891-1915 [87]), Italy (trams and small rlys: : Domodossola Locarno,
Genova Casella, L'assunta Collalbo, Trento Mezzana) [80/183],
Kenya [2040], Latvia
(Hasenpoth) [50], Lithuania
(Memel, Tilsit) [115], Madagascar [1020], Malaysia [1800], Mali [642],
Malta, Mexico (San Luis
Potosi), Myanmar [3878], New Zealand (Wellington cable car [0.6]),
Norway (Thamshavn, museum [26]; Grakallbanen,
Bjornoya island), Pakistan [445], Paraguay (Asuncion
tramway -1996; Azucarera Tebicuari [60]), Poland
(streetcars), Portugal [188] (REFER), Puerto Rico [96] (Ponce), Reunion
[6/125], Russia (trams,
quarries), Senegal [1034], Singapore [38], Slovak Rep. [46],
Somalia [106], Spain
(FEVE, ET/Esko Tren, FC Vascos) [1628], Suriname [86], Sweden (Kiruna,
Ulricehamn, and Goethenburg tramways), Switzerland
[1659] (also tramways and funic's), Tanzania [2710], Thailand [3940],
Togo [570], Tunisia [1650], Uganda [1300], Ukraine (tramways), Vietnam
[2684] |
| 1 003 |
3' 3 1/2" |
UK (Furness Mining Co.) |
| 1 009 |
3' 3 3/4" |
Bulgaria (Sophia streetcars) |
| 1 016 |
3' 4" |
USA (Splint Jellico
Coal Co.; Elk Valley Coal & Coke Co.; Defiance Coal Company [3]),
Venezuela (Santa Barbara [59]) |
| 1 029 |
3' 4 1/2" |
Australia (Rubicon
Forest, 1907-50), UK
(Hudson & Co) |
| 1 039 |
42"*
|
Sweden (ind. lines)
|
| 1 050 |
3' 5 1/4" |
Egypt (Beersheba-Al
Qusaymah [5]), Israel
(incl. Hedjaz Rly), Jordan [789] (Hedjaz Rly, Aqaba Rly),
Lebanon, Saudi Arabia (Hedjaz
Rly), Syria [232], Turkey [42] |
| 1 054/1 055 |
3' 5 1/2" |
Algeria [1081/1188], UK (Associated Portland Cement Co) |
| 1 064 |
3' 5 7/8" |
Poland (Czestochowa -
Herby line -1911) |
| 1 067 |
3' 6" |
Known as "CAP, or Cape, gauge"
Angola [2781/2879],
Australia [16307], Barbados
(1900-1937), Belgium
(Antwerp), Botswana [712], Canada
[1120] (Newfoundland, Toronto & Nipissing, etc.), Chile (Tocopilla,
Taltal), China (Taiwan)
[4600], Congo [797], Congo/DR [3968], Costa Rica [950] (San Jose),
Dominican Rep., Ecuador [965] (Quito), Estonia [39] (Tallinn tramway),
Ghana [953], Guyana [29], Haiti [180], Honduras [508], Hong Kong (tram)
[16], Indonesia [6389], Isle of Man (Snaefell Mtn Rly) [8], Japan
[25315], Liberia [152], Malaysia
(Penang streetcar [21]), Malawi [789], Mozambique [3140], Namibia
[2341], Netherlands (RTM
Interurban, Arnhem), New Zealand [4716], Nicaragua [373], Nigeria
[3505], Norway (Sulitjelmabanen, etc.,
everywhere else before regauging),
Panama (Panama City),
Peru (Arequipa), Philippines [378], Poland
(Czeremcha sleeper factory), Russia (Sakhalin,
Livny), Sierra Leone (Marampa) [84], South
Africa [20324], South Korea
(Pusan streetcars [9.5]), Sri Lanka
(Colombo), Sudan [4800], Swaziland [297],
Sweden (the Blekinge system, Sundsvall-Torpshammar,
Matfors-Vattjom, Utsj� [608], Tanzania [960],
UK (East Cornwall; Caldon Low Quarries; Severn &
Wye; Wolverton & Stony Stratford Tramway; Southend Pier [2]; Snaefell
Mountain; Rothesay & Ettrick Bay; Jersey; trams), USA (logging
lines; trolleys in Portland, Tacoma, Denver, and Los Angeles, Oakland
and San Francisco cable cars), Venezuela
[506] (Bolivar, Tachira, Central, Gran, El Palito), Zambia [1266],
Zimbabwe [2745] |
| 1 090 |
3' 7" |
UK (Middleborough
Tram) |
| 1 093 |
44"*
|
Sweden [58] (K�ing -
Uttersburg - Riddarhyttan, Frykstad, Kristinehamn-Sj�ndan) |
| 1 100/1 101 |
3' 7 5/16" |
Brazil (Rio de Janeiro Santa Teresa streetcars; Cantagalo),
France (Paris - Orleans,
Mont Cenis), Germany (tramway: Braunschweig,
Kiel, Lbek), Italy
[47] (Varese), UK (Fell)
|
| 1 106 |
3' 7 1/2" |
Austria (Linz-Gmunden)
|
| 1 118 |
3' 8" |
New Zealand (Napier
trams [7]), UK (Sidmouth
Harbour Co.) |
| 1 130 |
3' 8 1/2" |
Canada (Portage Rly)
|
| 1 143 |
3' 9" |
UK (Colin Dunlop,
Broseley wagonway - wooden) |
| 1 149/1 150 |
3' 9 1/4" |
Spain (Sestao Galdames
[32]), Switzerland (funic's), USA
(Arcata & Mad River) |
| 1 160 |
3' 9 2/3" |
Russia, Spain (Bilbao
River & Cantabrian [22]) |
| 1 168 |
3' 10" |
UK (Butterley Co) |
| 1 170 |
3' 10" |
Martiniqa [1] |
| 1 188 |
48"*
|
Indonesia (Jakarta
tram) [40], Sweden
(Norberg-��ningen, V�sman-Barken, �vidaberg-Bersbo) [45] |
| 1 200 |
3' 11 1/4" |
Italy (Genova-Granarolo) [81], Switzerland (Rheineck-Walzenhausen
[2], Cable railways) |
| 1 217 |
4' |
Sweden (Hudiksvall,
S�erhamn, Bor�, Uddevalla-V�ersborg-Herrljunga) [165] |
| 1 219/1 220 |
4' |
India
(Nalhati-Azimganj), New Zealand
(Gisborne and Wellington trams [58]),
Russia (Kalatinsky factory, the Urals), Spain
(Tharsis Rly [69], Canars), UK (Glasgow Subway [10],
Surrey Iron Rly**,
Padarn Rly, Redruth & Chacewater rly; Stratford & Moreton Tramway;
Kilmarnock & Troon, trams),
USA (Honolulu, Canton, Laredo, Pueblo, San
Antonio, Springfield, Delaware and Hudson) |
| 1 238 |
4' 0"3/4 |
UK (Saundersfoot -
closed 1939) |
| 1 245 |
4' 1" |
USA (Keweenaw
Penninsula) |
| Gauge
|
Countries
|
Metric,
mm |
English
|
| Normal gauge
|
| 1 270 |
4' 2" |
UK (Peak Forest
Tramway), Russia (Sochi funicular) |
| 1 321 |
4' 4" |
UK (Penydarren,
Fordell) |
| 1 350 |
4' 5 1/8" |
Brazil (Santos) |
| 1 365 |
4' 5 3/4" |
Brazil (Rio de Janeiro
Sao Cristovao streetcars), Spain
(Bilbao streetcars [80]) |
| 1 372/1 375 |
4' 6" |
Japan (Hakodate [11], Yokohama, and Tokyo [12] streetcars; Keio
[84], Shinjuku Tokyo metro [24], Tokyu Setagaya Line [5]), Spain,
UK (early Scottish rlys)
|
| 1 391 |
4' 6 3/4" |
Japan (Akita
streetcars; XIX c.) |
| 1 410 |
4' 7 1/2" |
USA (Mt. Washington) |
| 1 416 |
4' 7 3/4" |
UK (Glasgow area
tramways; This gauge was adopted so that standard British gauge wagons
could be hauled over parts of the tram system (particularly in Govan -
to reach various factories that were not directly rail served). It was
accomplished by the wagons' wheel flanges running in the slot in the
tramway-style rails - not their wheel rims running on the head of the
tram rails!) |
| 1 422/1 424 |
4' 8" |
New Zealand (Dunedin
trams [62]), Russia (industrial railways),
UK (Liverpool & Manchester) |
| 1 432 |
4' 8 3/8" |
Algeria [4290], Hong Kong (MTR [87]), UK (London tube) |
| 1 435 |
4' 8 1/2" |
Known as "Standard (Stephenson) gauge"
Albania [670],
Argentina [2900] (APL, Metrovias, ONABE), Australia [17621], Austria
[5394], Belarus [60], Belgium [3568] (SNCB, Brussel tramway STIB),
Brazil [194] (Amap� Jari), Bulgaria [4055], Canada [77387], Chile [150],
China [73000], Colombia [150] (Medellin Metro), Croatia [2592], Cuba,
Czech Rep. [9434], Denmark [2770], Dominican Rep. [375], Egypt [4763],
France [34322], Gabon [649], Germany [44770], Greece [1565], Guinea
[239], Guyana [110], Hong Kong (KCR, tramway, Ma On Shan [110]), Hungary
[7508], India (Calcutta Tramways Co), Iran [5240], Iraq [2457],
Ireland (Dublin &
Kingstown), Israel [700], Italy [18166], Jamaica [294], Japan
(Shinkansen [2503], Keisei Elec. Rly [83]; Shin-Keisei; Hokusou
Kaihatsu; Keihin Kyuko; Tokyo Subway: Marunouchi, Ginza, and Asakusa
Lines; Kintetsu [200]; Keihan; Hankyu; Hanshin; Nishi Nippon; Hakone
Tozan), Lebanon, Liberia [328], Liechtenstein [19], Lithuania [16],
Luxembourg [272], Malaysia (LRT) [56], Mauritania [690],
Mauritius [170], Mexico
[26612], Monaco [2], Morocco [1893], Netherlands [2828],
New Zealand (trams [215]),
Nicaragua [3], North Korea [4250], Norway [4223], Panama [78], Paraguay
[1053], Peru [1501], Poland [23857], Portugal [12], Rumania [10860],
Russia [140] (Kaliningrad, Zarubino), Saudi Arabia [1390], Singapore
(rapid transit [83]), Slovak Rep. [3507], Slovenia [1201], South Korea
[3044], Spain [1016], Suriname [80], Sweden [11330], Switzerland [3677],
Syria [1766], Thailand (SkyTram, etc.),
Trinidad [640], Tunisia [2115], Turkey [8429], Turkmenistan [8]
(Sarakhs), Ukraine [210], Uruguay [3000], UK [16584], USA [284818],
Vatican [0.4], Venezuela [542], Vietnam [381], Yugoslavia |
| 1 440 |
4' 8,7" |
Austria (Viennese tramway) [300], Brazil (Amapa), France (Metro
Paris), Germany (Rostock
and Munich trams), Spain
(Ferrocarril de Langreo en Asturias [64]) |
| 1 445 |
4' 8,9" |
Italy (the majority of
trams), Spain (Madrid Metro) |
| 1 447/1 448 |
4' 9" |
Known as "Compromise" gauge
USA (New Jersey & Ohio, Pennsylvania Rly),
UK (Lancashire) |
| 1 450 |
4' 9" |
Germany (Dresden tramway) |
| 1 458 |
4' 9.4" |
Germany (Leipzig tramway) |
| 1 473 |
4' 10" |
USA (Camden & Amboy,
New Jersey & Ohio, many more...) |
| 1 495 |
4' 10 7/8" |
Canada (Toronto subway and streetcars) |
| Gauge
|
Countries
|
Metric,
mm |
English
|
| Broad gauge
|
| 1 511 |
4' 11 3/8" |
Ukraine (Kiev tramway)
|
| 1 519 / 1 520 / 1 524 /
1 525 |
5' |
Known as "Russian gauge"
Afghanistan [12] (Khairaton,
Torgundi), Armenia [830], Azerbaijan [2090], Belarus [5488], Cuba
(Ferrocarril Nuevitas-Puerto Principe,
-1900s) [73], Estonia [1030], Finland [5924], Georgia
[1570], Germany [40] (Rgen is.), Hungary [35], Kazakhstan [14460],
Kyrgyzstan [370], Latvia [2400], Lithuania [2100], Moldova [1318],
Mongolia [1750], North Korea [10], Panama
[78], Poland (LHS [397],
Warsaw tramway -1950), Rumania [45], Russia [158100],
Slovak Rep. [106], Sweden (Haparanda) [2], Tajikistan [480], Turkey
[123], Turkmenistan [2120], Ukraine [23350], USA (south-eastern
rlys, Pittsburg inclines [0.4]), Uzbekistan [3460] |
| 1 524 |
5' |
Hong Kong (peak tram) [1.4] |
| 1 549 |
5' 1" (5' ?) |
UK (London &
Blackwall, Eastern Counties Rly, Northern & Eastern Rly) [130] |
| 1 575/1 576 |
5' 2" |
Ireland (Dublin &
Drogheda), USA (Columbus, Norfolk,
Trenton, Philadelphia streetcars) |
| 1 581 |
5' 2 1/4" |
USA (Baltimore [21] and Philadelphia
streetcars; Wilmington) |
| 1 588 |
5' 2 1/2" |
Known as "Pennsylvania Trolley gauge"
USA (Pittsburgh,
Philadelphia, and New Orleans streetcars) |
| 1 600 |
5' 3" |
Known as "Irish gauge"
Brazil [5290], Australia (Victoria,
South Australia) [7970], Germany
(Badische Staatsbahn), Ireland [2810],
New Zealand, UK (Northern Ireland) [330],
USA (Altoona) |
| 1 638 |
5' 4 1/2" |
USA (Baltimore) |
| 1 645 |
5' 4 3/4" |
Russia (Cherepanovs'
loco) |
| 1 668/1 674 |
5' 5 2/3" |
Known as "Iberian gauge". Equal to one "braza" - and old
Spanish measure.
Austro-Hungary,
Portugal [2613], Spain [11791] |
| 1 676 |
5' 6" |
Known as "Indian gauge"
Argentina [18829] (ALL-Central,
Nuevo Central Argentino, Ferrosur Roca, Ferroexsreso Pampeano, Tren
Patagonico, TBA, Metropolitano, TMS, Ferrobaires, ONABE), Bangladesh
[978], Canada, Chile
[3974] (EFE, FEPASA, tramways in Santiago
and Valparaiso), India [59865], Iran [92], Pakistan
[7718], Paraguay (Asunsion
- Encarnacion, till 1911 [440]), Sri Lanka [1948],
UK (Arbroath & Forfar), USA (BART,
Missouri Pacific, Texas railroads [760])
|
| 1 680 |
5' 6 1/8" |
Brazil (Maua-Fragoso,
1854) |
| 1 740 |
5' 8 1/2" |
USA (Gualala Lumber
Company/CA) |
| 1 750 |
5' 8 7/8" |
France (Ligne
de Sceaux, 1846-1893) |
| 1 760 |
5' 9 1/4" |
Indonesia |
| 1 800 |
5' 10 7/8" |
Germany (Obsfelderschmiede - Lichtenhain funicular) |
| 1 829 |
6' |
Russia
(St.-P.-Pavlovsk), USA
(Erie & Lackawanna; Atlantic & Great Western RR; Ohio & Mississippi RR)
|
| 1 880 |
6' 2" |
UK (Ulster Rly) |
| 1 945 |
6' 4 5/8" |
the Netherlands
(1839-64) |
| 2 000 |
--- |
UK (CairnGorm Mountain Railway) |
| 2 134 |
7' |
the Azores |
| 2 140 |
7' 1/4" |
UK (GWR [1712]) |
| 2 440 |
8' |
USA (loggin RLY in
Oregon, 1880s) |
| 2 743 |
9' |
Japan (Kyoto-Lake Biwa
Canal funicular) |
| 3 000 |
|
Germany (Hitler's
project; never built) |
| 5 486 |
18' |
UK (The Brighton and
Rottingedean Seashore Electric Tramload [4], 1896-1901) |
| 6 000 |
|
USA (portal cranes at Charlestown) |
| 8 200 |
26'11" |
Austria (Laerchwand
incline) [0.8] |
| 9 000 |
29' 6 5/16" |
Russia (Krasnoyarsk
HEP ship transloader) |
